It's a Tie!
For the first time ever we have a 4-way tie in the 14th Annual Oscar Prediction Contest! Unfortunately, that means we'll have to subdivide the prize, but it'll still be a nice chunk of change. You guys were just too damn good this year! The four winners should check their e-mail and make sure to respond back within 48 hours or forfeit your winnings.
To see how YOU did in the grand scheme of things, click HERE! And, that's a wrap for this year's contest. Congrats to the winners and we'll see you all next year!
For anyone who is not yet aware, the Oscars will be announced this coming Sunday night, March 2nd, starting at 8pm EST, but until then, you get a chance to win $300 bucks courtesy of JoBlo.com (as well as 'bragging rights', of course) if you are the person who ends up predicting the Oscars the best. This will be our 14th ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST on JoBlo.com, which is now running directly on the Golden Schmoes section of our website.
All you need to do is enter your name or username, as well as a valid email address (if you put a phony one, we won't be able to email you if you win – we don't do anything else with 'em), and then choose your picks from a list. The highest score that you can attain is 100, you can see the list of nominees and their point values below, along with the basic contest guidelines. Once you SUBMIT your picks, you will be able to PRINT them for yourself afterwards. Good luck!! PS: If you haven't done so, make sure to vote for the Golden Schmoes afterwards, we hand those winners out this Friday!
1) Your guesses should be for those movies/people who you think WILL win the Oscar, not who you think should win! A very clear difference.
2) Points will be allotted to each category as specified below. Whoever ends up with the most points….well, wins!
3) In case of a tie, the winner will be determined according to the one who picked correctly the top-most categories (i.e. if one person got BEST PICTURE correct and the other didn't, all the way down the categories). The winner will ultimately be chosen at the discretion of the accountants at JoBlo Media Inc. (that's "code" for ME!!)
4) If you haven't included a valid email address with your picks, we won't be able to email you if you win, hence, you automatically forfeit the prize to the next person on the list.
5) The contest begins on February 24th and ends on March 2nd at 6pm (EST). The Oscars will be handed out on March 2nd at 8pm (EST).
CLICK HERE TO ENTER!!
1) BEST PICTURE (10 points)
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
2) BEST ACTOR (8 points)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
3) BEST ACTRESS (8 points)
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
4) BEST DIRECTOR (8 points)
American Hustle (David O. Russell)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
5) BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE (6 points)
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
6) BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE (6 points)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
7) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (6 points)
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)
Her (Spike Jonze)
Nebraska (Bob Nelson)
8) BEST ADAPATED SCREENPLAY (6 points)
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)
Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)
Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)
12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)
9) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (5 points)
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave
10) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (5 points)
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
11) BEST FOREIGN FILM (4 points)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)
12) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (3 points)
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
13) BEST ANIMATED FILM (3 points)
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
14) BEST COSTUME DESIGN (3 points)
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave
15) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (3 points)
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
16) BEST ORIGINAL SONG (3 points)
Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Let It Go (Frozen)
The Moon Song (Her)
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
17) BEST FILM EDITING (2 points)
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
18) BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING (2 points)
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
19) BEST SOUND EDITING (2 points)
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
20) BEST SOUND MIXING (2 points)
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
21) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (2 points)
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
22) BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) (1 point)
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
23) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) (1 point)
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
24) BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) (1 point)
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem